Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19271, John Fowle, Continental Mass Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Fowle, John
W. 19271
Mass
Lois
Privateer
CONTENTS

10.000.
Massachusetts
John Fowle
of Roxbury in the State of Mass who was a artificer in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Mass. Continental line for 6 mos artificer 3 " Private State Continental Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 46 Dollars 25 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Mar 1833 and sent to Dana of Roxbury Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1830 $92- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Feb " 23- $115-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H McBlain Clerk, Book D-2 Vol. 2 Page 24
78 Woodolq

203 Massachusetts
Lois Fowle widow of John Fowle dec d
Mass who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9th December 1834 at Middlesex Co. in the State of Mass a who was an officer & in the _____ commander by Captain _____ of the Reg t commander by Col l Baldwin in the Mass a line for Genl l Artiller Continental 3 d Private Privateer
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of $6 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Sept r . 1838 and sent Wymans Richardson Warren Ms.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $115.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb y 1839, 23.00
$138.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Cler k Book A. Vol. 1 st Page 87

(Declaration of John F. Coole 21553

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Woburn on the 20 th On the application of John Fowle Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
within and for the County of Middlesex day of October A. D. 183 2 claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, I was born in Woburn Ms on the 10 th of Nov r 1755 th
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I have a record in my house, taken from the Town records
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
Answer, When I went into service I lived in Woburn since that I have dwelled in Lynn and Charlestown and from Lynn I removed back to Woburn
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ?
Answer, all my services were voluntary and of my own accord
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer, I saw Genl. Clapp, Genl. Putnam, Genl. Sullivan, and Genl. Greene
6 did you ever receive any written discharge from service ? Ans r I never received any such discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer, Rev Mr. Weeks, Col. John Weeks, Dr. Plympton, Jesse Dean, Marshall Fowle, and Hiram Flagg John Fowle
Sworn to it
J. P. Day
W. B. D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this twentieth
day of October
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
Woburn  Concord aforesaid
John Hawle of Woburn in said County aged seventy six years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That in the fore part of January AD 1776 he entered for a cruise on board the Rebecca  Heaver commanded by Capt. Israel  Thurber then of Beverly in Mass. the vessel sailed from Salem and on this cruise he served as a seaman , the vessel repaired the cruise lasted two months, during which time the Warren captured three ships and two brigs and returned into the port of Salem when her crew were discharged. 2 In AD 1777 he enlisted as an Artisan for ten months to go to the Northern frontier as a Company under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Emerson of Stoddard N.H. in a Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers commanded by Col. Walden of Brookfield N.H. he repaired to Trenton in the month of January and there joined his Company, he was employed in building a new Mill near, and next in the erection of a hospital at Mount Independence , during his service, he was changed & placed under the orders of Capt. Thayer of Waltham and soon after under the orders of Lieut. Arnold of Scituate in Mass. and he continued to be here as an Artisan until some time in the month of July when the services of Carpenters were no longer wanted in that quarter, and having served six months he was dismissed the service and returned home and for this time he can find no proof. 3 In February AD 1778 he enlisted for three months, in the Company of Capt. Isaac  Clayman in Col. Dawes Regt. to guard Burgoyne troops, then retreated at Winter Hill in Massachusetts his term of service commenced on the 18 day of February and he served until the 18 day of May AD 1778 when having completed his term of service he was dismissed.
He

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We
Benjamin C. Wade
S. P. Hays
John F. Fowle
a Clergyman residing in the town of
Woburn
in the county of Middlesex & Massachusetts
a citizen of the town of Woburn
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John F. Fowle who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
S. P. Hays
Benjamin C. Wade
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Benjamin C. Wade who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Woburn that
Marshall Fowle of the town of Woburn
and is a credible person, and that that statement is entitled to credit
S. P. Hays
I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application to herby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application
to John Fowle
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Francis Hays

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County. 55.
On this eighteenth day of August, A.D. 1830, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, judge of the Court of Probate, in & for the said County, Lois Howle a resident of Woburn in the said County of Middlesex, aged seventy nine years, who being first sworn duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1830, entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of John Howle late of said Woburn who was an Artificer in the Army of the Revolution, & served as such as stated in his own declaration made to obtain a pension under the act of Congress, of the 7 th of June 1832 that he did obtain a pension under said act & died a pensioner. & that she has never been married since his decease but still re- mains the widow of the said John Howle She further declares, that her maiden name was Lois Prindle that she was married to the said John Howle on on the third of that name in said Woburn, on the eighteenth day of October, A.D. 1780, that her said husband, the said John Howle

19 died on the ninth day of December in the year 1834. That she was not mar- ried to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place subsequent to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four (viz) at the time above stated and she claims the same pension which was allowed to her said husband while living. And such further sum as the evidence of his pension may entitle her to. — Her maiden name was Lois Richardson which fact was intended on the first page before signing —
Lois Rich Fowle
Subscribed & sworn to by said Lois Fowle, on the day & year first above written, at a Special Court in Woburn the word struck out between her christian & surname is part of her maiden name Richardson, which she had begun to write by mistake.
J. P. Day Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wadsworth p.
I do hereby certify that the Last of Probation and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Rev. D. D. Ray Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature written on the foregoing matter is his genuine signature; —
I also certify that William Richardson Esq. is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on the foregoing matters annexed are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight — Jonathan D. D. Ray

Lois Fowle
708 Lois Fowle born of M o d r Mass. Married 1780 died 1834 Ad 7 July 1838 Allow $46. - per ann -
Wyma Richardson Esq Woburn Mass

I Oliver B. Coolidge of Mahon County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the Thickets, kept in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Thicket in fair, legible figures, as follows, viz.
Thuron, "Oct: 18 th John Fowle s d and Lewis " Richardson both of Noburn were married " 1780. by John Margett,, - October eighteenth " in the year of our Lord, one thousand " seven hundred and eighty. —
I Oliver B. Coolidge, above named depose & say that the  as I held the office of Clerk in the Town - County of State aforesaid that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Mahon with the exception, above named, as certified by me.
C. B. Coolidge } Clerk of San Town of Malheur
Sworn before me this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1888. G. H. [unintelligible] Master of the Court

BRIEF in the case of  John Fowle  in the State of  Mass  of  Norwood  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 1776 " 2 " Marine Gen. Thornadike Brig Murray   18 th Feb 77 " 6 " artisan of artillery Capt Emerson Col Baldwin   78 " 3 " Private Capt Shay or Lt Arnold Capt Mymaw Col Gerrish  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norwood Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness & documentary proof for 3 rd term - Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached, Deana not qualified to be a Justice of the Peace 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D.D. Adanson Examining Clerk.
See Ranges Certificate { Attached }

BRIEF in the case of  John Fowle  in the State of  Mass  of  Woburn  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 " 2 " Marine Gen. Thornadike Brig Warren   18 th Feb 77 " 6 " artisan of artillery Capt Emerson Col Palmer   78 " 3 " Private Capt Shay Lt Arnold Capt Myman Lt Gerrish  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woburn Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & documentary proof for 3 rd term - Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached, Deana not qualified to be a Justice of the Peace 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. D. Adanson Examining Clerk.
See Ranges Certificate { Attached }

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Fowle a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 7, 19271
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776 2 mos. Scott Thorndike Privateer Warren   1777 6 mos. Artisan Nathaniel Amerson Col. Baldwin Continental   Thayer   Feb. 18, 1778 3 mos. Private Jesse Wyman Jacob Gerrish Mass.  
Battles engaged in, Not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woburn, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 20, 1832 His chn. was allowed
Residence at date of application, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 10, 1755 at Woburn, Mass. died Dec. 9, 1834.
Remarks: Soldier married at Woburn, Mass. Oct. 18, 1780. Lois or Lois Richardson. She was allowed pension on an application executed Aug. 18, 1838 while a resident of Woburn, Mass. aged 79 years. Son, Josiah aged 40 years in 1838 is the only child mentioned.
Very respectfully,

September 20, 1939.
Mr. Frank F. Fowle 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL am John Fowle W. 19271
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19271, based upon service of John Fowle in the Revolutionary War.
John Fowle was born November 10, 1755 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and resided there at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War. His birth was recorded in Woburn; the names of his parents are not given. In 1780, he was the third John Fowle, of Woburn.
John Fowle entered service in January 1776, as a marine on board the Warren, commanded by Captain Thorndike, sailed from Salem on a cruise of two months, during which three ships and two brigs were taken by the Warren, then returned to Salem. He enlisted in January 1777, served in Captains Nathaniel Emerson's and Thayer's companies, Colonel Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment, engaged a part of the time in erecting a new hospital at Mount Independence, and was discharged sometime in July. He enlisted February 18, 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's Massachusetts regiment. He returned home.
John Fowle was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Woburn, Massachusetts. He stated then that he had resided in Lynn and Charleston and had moved from Lynn back to Woburn. He died December 9, 1834 in Woburn.
The soldier married October 18, 1780, Lois Richardson. A copy of their marriage in Woburn shows—"Oct. 18th John Fowle 3rd and Lois Richardson, both of Woburn, were married 1780 by John Marrett". The soldier's widow signed her name Lois.
Lois Fowle, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on

her application executed August 18, 1838, at which time she resided in Woburn, Massachusetts. She was aged then Seventy-nine years; the date of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.
In 1838, when Lois Fowle made application for pension, Josiah Fowle, son of John Fowle and his wife, Lois, resided in Woburn, Massachusetts, and made affidavit in her behalf. No other names of children were given.
In 1832, when John Fowle made application for pension, one Marshall Fowle resided in Woburn, Massachusetts, and stated that he was well acquainted with said John Fowle; no relationship between these two persons was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Lois Fowle, widow of John Fowle, Certificate #203 Issued September 6, 1838 Rate $46 per annum Commenced March 4, 1836 Act of July 7, 1838 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

September 20, 1939.
Mr. Frank F. Fowle 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL John Fowle S. 34876 John Fowle W. 19271
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Fowle, who was born January 25, 1755 in Woburn, Massachusetts, married February 19, 1782, Mary Parker of Lexington who died October 29, 1801, married a second time, Margaret Griggs, and died April 27, 1823 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and you are furnished herewith, the records of two soldiers with the name John Fowle, pension claims-S. 34876 and W. 19271. It is believed that these records will aid you in your research.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

A. C. P.
Record Division.
April 23, 1909.
Mr. Elmore A. Pierce,
Woburn, Mass.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 9" and received the 12" instant, you are advised that owing to lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish the records of more than four Revolutionary War pensioners to any one person.
In order to identify a claim for Revolutionary War pension, in addition to the soldier's full name, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev War p. 21 Framingham, Mass., Dec. 12, 1917
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the record of John Fowle of Woburn, Mass., a Revolutionary Pensioner who was born in Woburn, Nov. 10, 1755, and died there Dec. 9, 1834?
I have applied for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendant of said John Fowle, who was my great grandfather, and am informed that this pension record is required as evidence of his service in the Revolution.
I am informed by the Historian of the Fowle Family that this record may be found in "Record Division, A.E.P., W. F. 19271, Rev. War," in the Bureau of Pensions.
As I expect my application to be acted upon about the 20 th of this month I shall be greatly obliged if you will send me the record before that date if possible.
Very Sincerely Yours (Mrs.) J. T. Bean, Camden House, Framingham, Mass.

ELMORE A. PIERCE
134 WASHINGTON STREET, ROOM 40.
Woburn Boston, Mass.
Apr. 9
1909
V. Warner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of 7 th instant was received this Am., for which I thank you. I had thought that probably you would be able to find through your indexes the records of Revolutionary Soldiers who had received pensions and give me a copy of such records, in order that I might know what soldiers who had served in that War, also in the War of 1812 if any, by the name of Fowle had received pensions. Through those records I had expected to get a complete statement of their services as certified to by themselves.
I would like particularly at this time to know whether my great-grandfather, John Fowle, received a pension and to know his record of service, if any. A tradition in the family tells us that he did serve in the Revolution and was a pensioner, but as there were a number of John Fowles in that War I have been unable as yet to establish his record.
On the other side of this sheet I give you such data as I can to assist you.  Yours Sincerely Elmore A. Pierce Historian Fowle Kindred Assoc.

John Fowle, born at Woburn, Mass., Nov. 10, 1755; died at Woburn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1834.
Son of Josiah and Margery (Carter) Fowle. His widow was Lois (Richardson) Fowle, born at Woburn, June 10, 1759; died there Feb. 2, 1840.
As he resided at Woburn during his whole life he probably enlisted from here.
19271 W.H.
Yours & Elmore A. Pierce
P.S. - I am of the opinion that he was the John Fowle whose record is given in the Mass. State List as follows:
"John Fowle, Private, Capt. Jesse Wyman's Co., Col. Jacob Gennish's regt. of guards; enlisted Feb. 8, 1778; service to May 18, 1778, 3 mos. at Bunker Hill; company detached to guard Gen. Burgoyne's army."
He may have served more than this, as our tradition says he was a member of a Pioneers' corps at Ticonderoga and also served on a privateer; contracted rheuma- tism and suffered from it during the rest of his life; was obliged to use crutches for the last fifteen years of his life.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
19271
Louis Goule
Widow of
John Goule
Artificer Rev. War.
Act:
July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol.
168
Page
248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909. April 23. Hist. to Elmore A. Pierce. A.E.P. 1917 Dec. 22. Hist. to Mrs. J. T. Bean. f 1939. Sept. 20. Hist. to Frank F. Fowle - Jan. letter in Rec. ch. John Fowle - S. 34876 - J.L.

Affidavit of Joshua Reed in the case of Deacon John Rawle

I Joshua Reed of Woburn in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty nine years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Of- fice, will appear: And I do further testify and declare that I will remember and knew John Frawle of the same Woburn who served as a Soldier in that war, that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Cap t Fife Weyman in Colo- Gerish's Regiment, in which Company, I also served. in A D 1778 The said Cap t Weyman John Frawle and myself all belonged to the same Town, and I was a Drummer in the same Company I have examined an Ancient muster roll of said Weymans this day from which it appears, that said Frawle enlisted on the eighteenth day February, and I was accustomed to see said Frawle daily and know that he served out the Campaign of three months and was dismissed with the rest of the Company
Joshua Reed
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit October 16 th
AD. 1832.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth Joshua Reed well known to me as credible witness
who subscribed the above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sam l Dana

John Fawle

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 28 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
John Fowle is borne on "A Muster roll of Capt. Jesse Wyman's company, in the regiment of guards doing duty on Bunker hill commanded by Col. Jacob Grewick," for the space of 3. months from the 18. th of February, to the 18. th of May 1776.
I further certify that there is no roll of Capt. Nathaniel Emerson's company on file in this office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

I, Josiah Fawle of Malvern - County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts, Condamni- aged forty years of age, certify that Lois Fawle who has - by the papers annexed hereto made application for a pension under the Law of Congress of July 7. 1838. is my own mother. That she resides in said Malvern and has never been married since the death of her John Fawle late of said Malvern who died on the tenth day of Decem- ber A.D. 1834. I was a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. — The man "father" was intended before saying. — Josiah Fawle
State of Massachusetts Middlesex County on this twentieth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared the above named Josiah Fawle & made oath to the above affi- davit by him signed & he is a credible wit- ness to his testimony entitled to full confidence Before Me. Nyman Thompson Justice of the peace